Patient preferences for facility-based management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore how respondents with common chronic conditions-hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM)-make healthcare-seeking decisions.

Setting

Three health facilities in Nakaseke District, Uganda.

Design

Discrete choice experiment (DCE).

Participants

496 adults with HTN and/or DM.

Main outcome measures

Willingness to pay for changes in DCE attributes: getting to the facility, interactions with healthcare providers, availability of medicines for condition, patient peer-support groups; and education at the facility.

Results

Respondents were willing to pay more to attend facilities that offer peer-support groups, friendly healthcare providers with low staff turnover and greater availabilities of medicines. Specifically, we found the ave

SUBMITTER: Moor SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310153 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature